Check eBay to see what they're selling for. Even before the THR22 launched, old Series 2 DirecTivos weren't selling for much, if at all. And "pre-RID" DirecTV boxes aren't worth anything, except parts value, because DirecTV will no longer activate them to a different account.

Check eBay to see what they're selling for. Even before the THR22 launched, old Series 2 DirecTivos weren't selling for much, if at all. And "pre-RID" DirecTV boxes aren't worth anything, except parts value, because DirecTV will no longer activate them to a different account.

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Thanks litzdog911,

What's "pre-RID" mean?

Have looked on e-Bay but it's kind of hard to get an average since there were some that did not sell at $5.00 and some that sold for as much as $40.00.

"Owned" seems to be a desirable feature. Mine were purchased used and a couple of them have been previously activated on my D* account. How do I distinguish between "owned" and "not-owned"?

The appearance of HDTV rendered the old Series 2 TiVos worthless years ago.

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I wouldn't say that they are worthless to everyone. They are worthless to me, and apparently to jimbog. People still buy Series 2 tivos without lifetime, but I dn't know why. I sold one here in Denver last week for $10 without cord or remote. I sell them as a replacement for people that already have the cord and remote but a busted box. You can use them as a VCR box, or security recorder, but not many do. I have all lifetime/evaluation boxes, so have no need to use them as a VCR like box.

I see where people still buy series 1 TiVos on ebay. I sold a Series 2 AT&T box to a guy that had a lifetime box. He changed out the power supply to fix his and kept the hard drive for a replacement.

RID is a number that allows DirecTV to track where a receiver wound up. Basically, it was a way of saying "Old receivers don't work here any more." Series 2 DirecTiVos were SD-only and not able to decode MPEG4 signals. Basically, they're going to be bricked when the SD channels go away.

RID is a number that allows DirecTV to track where a receiver wound up. Basically, it was a way of saying "Old receivers don't work here any more." Series 2 DirecTiVos were SD-only and not able to decode MPEG4 signals. Basically, they're going to be bricked when the SD channels go away.

Every day my lovely wife and I discuss going back to the DirecTiVo's for our viewing. The DTV DVR's are horrible in comparison. Our DirecTiVo's are hacked so we have even more utility with them than the DTV DVR's.